2007 Ford Fusion Engine

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START-UP, THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED WHICH CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO BE INOPERABLE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS ALSO NOT CHARGING DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ON THREE OCCASIONS, THE IDLE PULLEY BOLT FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. FOSTER FORD, INC (311 ARIZONA AVE, HOLTON, KS 66436, (785) 364-4646) WAS NOTIFIED BY PHONE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I WAS DRIVING AT 25MPH AND THE CAR STARTED REVVING ON ITS OWN. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR. CITY STREET. STRAIGHT. BOTH TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE WAS FLAWED BECAUSE THE IDLER PULLEY BOLT FRACTURED INTERNALLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SEIZE. ALSO, THE BATTERY INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE COASTED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE IDLER PULLEY FOUR TIMES AND THE TENSION PULLEY ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE BOLT FRAYED AT THE END SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE SAME OEM PARTS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL REMEDY TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE PULLEY WELL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CONCERNING THE BELT AND THE VEHICLE REMAINED PARKED AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TENSIONER PULLEY DISCONNECTS FROM ENGINE CAUSING THE DRIVE BELT TO COME OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THE REFERENCED VEHICLE FOR (4) TIMES SINCE 2008 AND AT EACH TIME SAID VEHICLE WAS IN VARIOUS STAGES AS FOLLOWS: 1ST TIME WAS IN MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHILE TAKING A LEFT TURN; 2ND TIME WAS IN MOTION IN A PARKING LOT RIGHT WHEN TURNING INTO PARKING SPACE; 3RD TIME WAS PREVENTED WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF A SQUEALING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS USED; AND THE 4TH TIME IT CAME OFF WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AT MY HOME. EACH TIME IT WAS REPLACED IT WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND EACH TIME IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED PROPERLY. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A SQUEALING SOUND STARTING TO COME FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAS BEEN STARTED BUT DIMINISHES AFTER ENGINE HAS WARMED UP. NOW I FEEL IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE UNTHINKABLE WILL HAPPEN.....

IDLER PULLEY BOLT HAS BROKEN TWICE IN THE 2 YEARS I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE. EACH OF THE BOLTS SNAPPED AND GOT STUCK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. WHEN THE BOLT BREAKS IT RESULTS IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE ENGINE STARTS TO OVERHEAT, AND OTHER ISSUES OCCUR DUE TO THE SERPENTINE BELT COMING OFF TRACK. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION.

WHILE DRIVING, CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY JERK FOR NO REASON. THEN, WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE TURN LANE, CAR STALLED AND DIED. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE (134,000+ MILES, DETAILED SERVICE RECORDS AND MECHANICS DIAGNOSTIC PRIOR TO PURCHASE). APPARENTLY, THE PREVIOUS OWNER ALSO COMPLAINED OF THE CAR STALLING AND HAD REPLACED STARTER AND TCM AND HAD THROTTLE CLEANED BUT (UNBEKNOWNST TO ME), APPARENTLY NONE OF THESE THINGS FIXED THE ISSUE. I SPOKE WITH ONE FORD DEALER WHO SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH THE OWNER COMPLAINED OF THE PROBLEM, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SEARCHED VARIOUS FORUMS AND FOUND THAT OTHER DRIVERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT FORD VEHICLES 2009-2011 WITH LESS THAN 150,000 MILES EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WERE LISTED UNDER A RECALL BUT NOT 2007. IT SEEMS IF THE SAME ISSUE IS CREATING A DRIVING SAFETY HAZARD FOR EARLIER MODEL CARS, THOSE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED UNDER THE RECALL.

LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET. CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AS YOU PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, A WRENCH SYMBOL LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH. SHUT ENGINE OFF, RESTART ENGINE AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL GOES AWAY AND THE CAR RUNS NORMALLY. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, WHICH MAY BE MONTHS TO YEARS.

LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY THERE WAS MINIMAL TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WITHOUT BEING HIT OR RUN OVER BY A TRACTOR TRAILER.

MY 2007 FUSION'S COMPUTER WENT BAD AND BURNT UP COILS. GRAND TOTAL TO FIX IT WAS $2200. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT IS ONLY IF THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR AS A CERTIFIED USED CAR AND THAT MEANT NOTHING TOO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DECREASED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR AND THE WRENCH DISPLAY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,157.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SIX COIL PACKS, THE PCM MODULE AND ALL OF THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

NO PROBLEMS DRIVING CAR AND FAITHFUL OIL CHANGES WITH FULL SYNTHETIC OIL. WENT TO LEAVE ONE MORNING AND CAR WAS KNOCKING LIKE IT WAS LOW ON OIL. NO ENGINE LIGHT ON AT ALL. TURNED OFF CAR, OIL SHOWED FINE. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. NOTHING. TOOK TO SHOP AND ENGINE HAS BLOWN. OIL PUMP FAILURE APPARENTLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE IDLER PULLEY BOLT HAS BROKEN 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR. I'VE READ IN MULTIPLE ONLINE FORUMS THAT ONCE THIS STARTS TO HAPPEN, IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN EVERY FEW MONTHS. I CAN'T SELL THIS CAR TO SOMEONE KNOWING THE BOLT WILL BREAK, AND I CAN'T CONTINUE PAYING $200 EVERY TIME IT DOES. I NEVER KNOW WHERE OR WHEN IT WILL LEAVE ME STRANDED. THIS SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE FOR THE 2007 FUSION; JUST GOOGLE "2007 FORD FUSION IDLER TENSION PULLEY". I'M WONDERING WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THE POOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF THIS BOLT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY INADEQUATE? *TR

ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, TOOK TO LOGANVILLE FORD THEY TOLD ME MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE CALLED AND CALLED FORD, LOGANVILLE FORD AND SEVERAL FORD DEALERS AND GET THE SAME ANSWER, THAT THERE IS NO ETA ON THE PART DUE TO VENDOR DOES NOT HAVE PART. MEANWHILE BAD EMISSIONS ARE BEING PUT IN THE AIR DUE TO FORD. MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS EMISSIONS. THIS IS A PROBLEM AND FORD REFUSES TO HELP. I HAVE A CASE NUMBER WITH FORD SINCE 11/12/2013. *JS

THE IDLER PULLEY IS CAUSING A BOLT TO SNAP IN TWO THAT'S ASSISTING IN HOLDING IT IN PLACE, WHICH PREVENTS THE ENGINE BELT FROM ROTATING AND CAUSING THE BELT TO FALL OFF( THE BELT DID NOT BREAK) MAKING ME LOSE POWER STEERING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME WITHIN A MONTHS TIME. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS LUCKY IT ONLY HAPPEN ONCE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON MY STREET. THE OTHER TIME IT HAPPEN I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I NOTICED IT WHEN I TRIED TO BACK OUT AND COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL. I AM AFRAID TO PUT MY KIDS INTO THE CAR BECAUSE THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE WE ARE OUT AND ABOUT. THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME OVER $1600 AND THE DEALERSHIP STILL CAN NOT GIVE ME EXACT REASON TO WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING TO ME. THEY HAD TO PULL THE WHOLE ENGINE OUT THE SECOND TIME JUST TO GET THE BOLT OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CENTRAL COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS134,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,400.

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE LESS IN THE THIRTY DAYS AFTER PURCHASING IT AND IT STARTED MAKING LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE, I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT IT AND HE SAID IT WASN'T ANYTHING MAJOR IT DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST START THE CAR. IT CONTINUE TO GET LOUDER SO I HAD A CERTIFIED PERSON TO CHECK OUT THE NOISE. WHEN I LET HIM LISTEN TO THE CAR, HE LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE IDLER PULLEY WAS LEANING TO THE SIDE AND THAT HE DIDN'T HOW KNOW I COULD DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE IDLER PULLEY LEANING. I CALLED THE DEALER RIGHT THEN AND EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT HAS NO WARRANTY. HE SUGGESTED THAT I LET SOMEONE ELSE TO PUT IT ON. WHEN I DID WHAT HE TOLD ME THE PERSON WHO CHECKED OUT THE SAID THAT IT WAS BROKEN AND I NEEDED TO TAKE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE I COULDN'T NO LONGER DRIVE IT. THE COMPANY TOLD ME THAT THE PERSON WHO CHECKED OUT MY CAR BROKE IT. I PULLED UP THE CAR FAX ON THE CAR AND FOUND OUT THAT THE IDLER PULLEY BROKE ON THE CAR A YEAR PRIOR BEFORE I PURCHASE IT. I WANT THE DEALERSHIP TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING MY CAR. *TR

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A SUDDEN ERROR LIGHT FLASH AND THEN VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. MOTORIST WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON MECHANIC'S INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT AN ENGINE COIL WAS BLOWING A FUSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FIANCE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD METAL SNAPPING SOUND WITH A FEW DINGING SOUNDS. APPARENTLY THE IDLER PULLEY SNAPPED OFF AND BOUNCED AROUND CAUSING ME TO LOSE MY POWER STEERING. IT WAS A GOOD THING I WASN'T DRIVING TO FAST OR IT WASN'T TWO DAYS LATER AS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING TO FORT KNOX, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE WITH IT SNAPPING OFF LIKE THAT GOING 70MPH. HAD A FRIEND HELP ME GET IT HOME WHERE I FOUND THE IDLER PULLEY WITH THE BOLT SNAPPED 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN AND THE SERPENTINE BELT WITH A FEW MARKS ON IT FROM WHERE THE BOLT RUBBED AGAINST THE BELT. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPEN FOR AWHILE NOW WITH OTHER FORD FUSIONS. SOME SAID THAT THEY HAD THIS ISSUE FIXED AND IT HAPPEN AGAIN. I REALLY THINK TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD SHOULD FIX BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH EITHER THE BOLT, THE AREA ON THE ENGINE BLOCK WHERE THE BOLT SITS, OR EVEN THE TENSION ON THE SERPENTINE BELT ITSELF CAUSING THE BOLT TO SNAP OFF LIKE THAT. *TR

SAME VEHICLE AS PREVIOUS COMPLAINT (WRONG YEAR SELECTED ON PREVIOUS COMPLAINT). THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 FORD FUSION SE V6 WITH SIX SPEED AUTOMATIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE, ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BLOCKING ME BY SPEEDING TO GET ALONGSIDE ME WHILE I WAS ON A MERGE LANE. THE OTHER DRIVER THEN MATCHED MY SPEED. I HIT THE BRAKES BECAUSE THE FUSION WILL NOT SLOW DOWN OTHERWISE. I THEN HIT FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR TO PREVENT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM CLOSING THE GAP, AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO. THE CAR DID NOTHING FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS EVEN THOUGH THE ACCELERATOR WAS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE RPM DID NOT CHANGE, THE SPEED DID NOT CHANGE AND I HAD TO HOLD THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR HOPING THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND BEFORE THE NEXT CAR TRIED TO CUT ME OFF AND I RAN OUT OF MERGE LANE. DO NOT CALL, I WILL NOT GET ANY MESSAGES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION COILS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE PCM TO BURN. AS A RESULT, BOTH THE IGNITION COILS, SPARK PLUGS AND PCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,100.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MALFUNCTION WAS CONTRIBUTED TO DEFECTIVE ENGINE CYLINDER COILS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED AS NUMBERS FIVE AND SIX. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,582. UPDATED 06/05/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO COMPUTER SENDING TOO MUCH FUEL TO THE CYLINDERS. BOTH ENGINE AND COMPUTER WERE REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS OF COIL FAILURE WAS INCORRECT. UPDATED 06/07/12 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED SUDDENLY WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPAIRED THE COILS, SPARK PLUGS AND COMPUTER, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK ONCE STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT TWO OF THE ENGINE COILS FAILED, CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,181. UPDATED 11/16/11*BF ... THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED, UPDATED 01/06/12